The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-24
The report was adopted.

The report was adopted.
THR AUDITOR GENERAL.
Noble Widemann said the Finance Com
mittee had petition before them relating
to the Auditor General. They understood
be had resigned therefore the committee
wished to be relieved from making a re-
port.
Noble WaterhOuse-Has he resigned?
Minister Brown-The Ministry are I'M
aware of the fact.
Minister Green-I understand from the
Registrar of Public Accounts that the
Auditor General has sent his resignation to
the King. To make sure he had made
further inquiries and found it was So The
Ministry had not yet been notified.
Noble Widemann was requested to hold
back his report until the following day.
REPORT ON THE GOVERNORS BILLS.
Minister Ashford presented the follow
ing report:
Hon. S. G Wilder, President Legislative
Assembly-Sir
Your special committee, to whom were
referred the two bills entitled, respectively,
g An Act to provide Tor the discharge OF
Governors of the different islands," and
8" An Act to abolish the office of Governor"
beg leave to report that they have had I'M
der consideration the bills named and have
reached the following conclusions.
Your committee find, upon a careful ex-
animation of the statutes, that the follow
ing functions are conferred and duties i'm
posed upon the Governors of the different
islands to wit:
BY Sections 80 and 81 of the Civil Code it
is required that Governors shall be citizens
or denizens and shall take an oath to sup
port the Constitution.
By an Act of January 10, 1865, Comp.
Laws, p. 8, it is provided that the King, in
Cabinet Council, shall appoint and commits
sion the Governors of the several islands,
who shall hold office for term of four
years, subject to impeachment. That the
King upon the nomination of the Gov
ernOr, may appoint ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
for one OF more islands, who may, in case
of the illness or absence of the Governor.
discharge his duties.
Your committee have thought it unnec-
essary, in view of their recommendation
hereinafter contained, to suggest any ex-
press amendment of these provisions,
which, if our recommendation is adopted
by your honorable body, will become of no
effect
By Act of June %, 1868, the Governors OF
the Islands of Hawaii, Maui, Oahu and Ka-
wal shall have power to administer oaths
and to take the dispositions of witnesses.
Your committee consider that thesefunc-
tons may we'll and conveniently be per-
formed by the Marshal and the respective
Sherifs, besides whom there is no dearth of
officers similarly empowered, and therefore
concur in the proposition of the bill first
named, to transfer these powers to the
Marshal and Sherifs
By Sections PSI and 232 of the Civil Code
the power is conferred upon the respective
Governors, acting under the Minister of the
Interior, to select and set apart pounds for
the impounding of estrays, and to appoint
pOundmasters. Your committee see no
reason why these duties cannot be ade-
quately performed by the Marshal and
Sheritfs without inconvenience to either
those officers.or the public.
By Act of January 10, 1866, amending
Section 240 of the Civil Code, the Governor
of Oahu is empowered to cause the appre-
henslon and impOunding of cattle found
estray in certain parts of Honolulu. We
think 1t much more appropriate that this
duty should devolve upon the Marshal as
the chlet of the local police, and so concur
in the transfer proposed in the bill.
The Governors, by Section 218 of the Civil
Code, in common with many other officials.
are allowed to visit any prison, but as. the
Marshal, sheriffs, Min sters, Judges and
others hold that privilege by the present
law, there seems no necessity for retaining
a Governor with that honorary privilege |